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Archives for November, 2011
The Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him, was the greatest pioneer of religious freedom and tolerance. When we say it, we literally mean it, for it would take history more than 1000 years to produce anything, remotely equal, in generosity and tolerance, to the covenant that he gave to the Christian monks of […]
Messiah of this age, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad Qadiani had a revelation: “A Warner came into the world and the world did not accept him; but God will accept him and will establish his truth through powerful assaults.” [Majmu‘ah Ishtiharat, vol. 3, p. 518] According to the Muslim understanding, all the prophets before the Holy Prophet […]
The square minaret of the Umar Mosque, with a dome of the Christian Quarter in the background, is an eloquent testimony of events showing early Muslim’s religious tolerance, from fourteen centuries ago: This picture very powerfully establishes Islamic belief in freedom of religion and puts to rest, the accusation, for all periods to come that […]
The following is a slightly modified version of a short speech I gave in Vestal High School, New York to show that Islam is a religion of peace and that revelation has contributed in a big way to human knowledge and history. When the Holy Prophet Muhammad claimed Monotheism in the polytheistic society of Mecca […]
Source / Courtesy: Alislam-eGazette By Abdul Haq Compier Islam presents a policy of religious tolerance, rooted in teachings on the universal nature of man, his free relationship to God, and the divine origins of other religions. The prophet Muhammad separated his authority as a religious leader from his position as a governor, creating a religiously […]
Editor’s note: If one follows Congressman Ron Paul in all the Presidential Debates, one is likely to have better appreciation of international politics and economics. Please link other insightful comments by Ron Paul in the comment section. It seems that many of the Presidential candidates are exposing their lack of integrity in these debates, with […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times A good place for the non-Muslims to start learning about the Holy Prophet Muhammad is a movie named, the Message: Mohammed: Messenger of God, (1976) Rated PG. After a non-Muslim seeker has watched this movie and two other documentaries mentioned below, […]
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/apps/cvp/3.0/swf/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&videoId=bestoftv/2011/11/22/pkg-zarrella-search-for-life.cnn At a time when the Church was preaching concepts of flat earth, the Holy Quran was talking about two different earths and life forms from their communicating with each other at one time. There is a very precise verse of the Quran on this issue. Read the chapter on Extra-terresterial life in the book, […]
Source/ Courtesy: Dawn.com By Murtaza Razvi Mohammad Abdus Salam (1926-1996) was his full name, which may add to the knowledge of those who wish he was either not Ahmadi or Pakistani. The man proudly lived and died as both, and much more, as Pakistan disowned him, in life and in death. The government denied him the honour of […]
Source / Courtesy: China Daily MADRID – Mariano Rajoy has been elected as the next prime minister of Spain with a landslide victory in the general election on Sunday. Rajoy’s center-right People’s Party pocketed over 10,300,000 votes to win 186 seats after nearly 98 percent of the votes were counted. The PP polled 44.5 percent of the votes, […]
The Quranic description of the Big Bang when contrasted with myths in different religions and cultures should teach us respect and awe of the Holy Quran.
For a quick review of the Quranic Cosmology, read a chapter titled, the Quran and Cosmology of a book Revelation, Rationality, Knowledge and Truth:
http://www.alislam.org/library/books/revelation/part_4_section_5.html
“If there had been in the heavens and the earth other gods besides Allah, then surely both would have gone to ruin. Glorified then be Allah, the Lord of the Throne, far above what they attribute to Him.” (Al Quran 21:23) ONE OF THE INTERPRETATIONS: If there had been in the heavens and the […]
http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/VideoPlayerMain.swf My view and concern: European economies shrinking and Asia expanding. Is it by accident and chance or design?
Source / Courtesy: China Daily There are more Chinese college students studying in the US than from any other country for the 2010-2011 academic year. China also remains one of the hottest destinations for American students studying abroad, ranking No 1 among Asian countries. The Institute of International Education and the US Department of State’s […]
BBC Stem cells taken from a patient’s own heart have, for the first time, been used to repair damaged heart tissue, researchers claim. The study, published in the Lancet, was designed to test the procedure’s safety, but also reported improvements in the heart’s ability to pump blood. The authors said the findings were “very encouraging” […]
Courtesy / Source: NY Times ULYSSES, Kan. — Change can be unsettling in a small town. But not long ago in this quiet farming community, with its familiar skyline of grain elevators and church steeples, the owner of a new restaurant decided to acknowledge the community’s diversity by adding some less traditional items to her […]
Source / Courtesy: NY Times H. Gobind Khorana, who rose from a childhood of poverty in India to become a biochemist and share in a Nobel Prize for his role in deciphering the genetic code, died on Wednesday in Concord, Mass. He was 89. His death was announced by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where Dr. Khorana […]
For Christians, To be Born Again in Islam! 